I Can Read Music, Vol 1: Violin (For Violin)

My daughter is seven years old, and has been doing Suzuki violin since she was five. We have now started using this note reading book in our practices, and it is working well. We are about halfway through the book, and she is getting very comfortable reading notes. I think it's important that the student is old enough to be comfortable reading (as in reading books) before starting to learn note reading.Another key is to use this book the right way. We started at lesson one, and for each row of notes, my daughter first says the name of each note in the line. Then she plays it. We only play the line once (if she gets it right) or twice (if she makes mistakes), because the point it to read the notes. After the second time playing a line of music, she has it memorized and she is no longer reading it. We only do about three lines of music per day and then switch to our typical violin practice.

I know the author/composer. She is brilliant! I use this book with all my beginning Suzuki violin students (and I use the version for viola too). Highly recommend.

Used this in my studio for years. Basic to intermediate beginner reading lessons that can be used by page order as is, or learning any string apart from the rest. Very good rhythm training progression from start to finish. It's also good as a refresher for students who have not played in a while. Personally I love the larger print!

Great for adult students to start reading music and includes all the basic rhythm exercises. This is not a self tutoring book, and you need an instructor if you want to play an orchestral instrument no matter what book you get.

Durable frame, easy to see and read. Most importantly it’s teaches my daughter how to read music and to play basic songs on her violin.

This book has been excellent for my daughter who has been playing violin for about one year now. I love that it separates the note exercises from the rhythm exercises so that students only have to focus on one thing at a time.

helpful to get beginning students to build up their note-reading skills early. use it to supplement suzuki-based methods.

Great book for Suzuki violin students to learn to read notes better. Our tutor uses it as an addition to the Suzuki books. Simple yet effective.

Amazing book for beginners of violin. This is brilliant for helping with reading violin music it has helped my daughter so much she likes the fact that the music is a good size to read. Will defently recommend.

Due to issues with Amazon this was purchased inadvertently and now I can't even download it as it is not compatible with my device. A waste of money when I have none to waste. Very disappointed. Especially when I cannot find a way of contacting the seller or Amazon to discuss this.

Great helped my little one’s note reading! Hopefully she will pass her grade test.

Yet another good beginners music book.

My son is learning to read music and is getting on well. He made a good start but the novelty is wearing off. Never-the-less it's a good concept for learning to read music.